Dumping-scow



(No Model.)

A. WEBER.

DUMPING soow.

Patentedl eb. 3, 1885. E /z,

INVENTOR w W le/r BY 3& 5 gig;

ATTORNEY N. PETERS, PholmLilhvgraphar, \lal'ningtun, n. c.

UNTTE STaTes PATENT Truce.

ALFRED \VEBER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW J EBSEY.

DUMPlNG-SCOW.

.1- .LCZFICATIOIT forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,698. dated February 3, 1885.

A ppliration tiled February 16, 188i.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WEBER. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transport Scows or Floats for Garbage, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of transport scows or floats in which the load is carried upon the deck thereof.

The object of my invention is to so con struct the deck of a scow that the carrying ca pacity is not decreased, and the load can be removed with dispatch, ease, and safety. I obtain this by arranging upon the deck of a scow a series of partitions extending all the way across the said deck, and firmly securing same thereto, so that each compartment thus formed will hold the load placed therein independently, and in the center of said compartments there are two movable partitions extending across the compartment from side to side, and the said movable partitions are moved outwardly toward the side of the scow simultaneously by screws or other suitable mechanism, which will be hereinafter more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation in section on line as m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 represents plan view showing two compartments with the movable partition in one to receive the load and the other part of the way out. Fig. 3 represents a detail view of movable partition, end view of screw and guard or sheath. Fig. 4 shows elevation of a modified plan for reducing the friction of the load.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A represents scows or floats; B, deck of same; 0, fixed partitions; D, movable partitions; E, the screws; G, guard or sheath; H, wormgear; K, driving mechanism. The deck B ofthe float in each of the compartments L, Fig. 2, is covered with plate-iron a, to enable the load to be removed more easily, and to make same more durable. The compartments are closed, to retain iheload, by suitable doors, b, hinged at the bottom or top of said compartment, as may be desired. The screws E are attached to the movable partition D by nuts 6, and firmly secured to the worm-wheel H, which is retained in its position by the binders d. The said screws E are protected from being injured by the contents of the load by the guard G, which is securely fastened to the movable partition 1), and extending to or beyond the outer side of scow or float, as shown in Fig. 1, and at the outer end of same I provide a projecting lug. f, which engages with the outside of the hinged door b and looks or holds same in place when being transported and whilethe compartmentLisloaded. \Vhen the movable partition D is moved outward, the guard G also moves outwardly the same distance over the side of the float A, and, to relieve the screw of this excessive strain, a guide, P, is fixed to the side of the partition 0. and fitting into a corresponding slot in moving partition D. Close to the bottom of said partition D is hinged asorapershoe, S, which extends forward under the load, and the pressure of which enables same to clear all refuse from the deck, and prevents same from getting under or back of the partition D.

When the compartments are loaded or filled, and the contents required to be discharged, the screws E are set in motion by worm-wheel H, which receives its power from any suitable mechanism. The revolving of the screws E in the nuts 6 moves the partitions D outward, and forces the contents of the compartment before it out over the side of the float A on both sides at the same time. The door b is at the same time automatically unlocked, for the instant the partition D moves outward the guard G also moves forward and releases the said door, which will be forced open by the pressure of the load from the inside. When theload is discharged, the motion of the screws is reversed, partitions D are drawn back, and the door 6 falls back by its own gravity, and is again secured, as before, by the lug f. Any number of screws may be used, and the float may be divided into as many compartments as desired, and all the compartments may be discharged simultaneously or sepa rately. V

The screws may be substituted by hydraulic cylinders and pistons, if so desired, which will operate the moving partitionin the same manner as the screw.

In the arrangement as shown in Fig. 4. the

partition D is secured to a moving floor, g,

made in sections and hinged together at It, and resting upon rollers 7r, secured to the deck B, and when the partition D is moved outward the floor 7 will move outward and fall over the side of the float A, or, if preferred, the floor'g may be hinged so as to form an'endless belt and return under the rollers 7c. By this improvement there are no parts of the machine to break or get loose in a rough sea, and, as the load is not raised from the deck, there is nothing to make same'top-heavy or unmanageable in all classes of weather, and the load of any kind of material can be removed with dispatch.

, Having described my invention, what I dev sire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a transport scow or float, the compartments L upon the deck thereof, formed by the transverse partition 0 and the hinged doors I), substantially as and for the purpose specifled.

2. In a transport scow or float with compartments L, the movable partitions or backs D, arranged across the center of the compartments L, moving freely therein, and connected by screw or other driving power for forcing same to the outer side of float and discharging the load, substantially as described.

3. In a transport scow or float with compartments L and movable partitions D, the screw-guard G, for protecting the screw, and provided with projections or lugs f. for securing or lockingthe swinging doors I), substantially as described.

4. In a transport scow or float with compartments L and movable partitions D, the guide P, secured to side of partition 0, and the scraper S, hinged to the bottom of said partition, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a transport scow or float with compartments L, the hinged sectional flooring g, with partitions 1), attached thereto, and the whole moving outwardly on rollers 7r, secured to the deck, substantially as and for the pur pose specified.

Signed, at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 13th day of February, A. D. 188i.

ALFRED WEBER.

Vitnesses:

CHRISTIAN WEBER. B. A. DARE. 

